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hundred dollars ($500.00) or less than fifty dollars ($50.00) for 

 each subsequent offense. 



G. It shall be the duty of the state's attorney in any county 

 of the State, when called upon by the commissioner or any of 

 his assistants, to render any legal assistance in his power to 

 execute the laws and to prosecute cases arising under the pro- 

 visions of this act. 



7. The State board of health- may submit to the commis- 

 sioner, or to any of his assistants, samples of food or drink for 

 examination or analysis, and shall receive special reports, show- 

 ing the results of such examination or analysis. 



8. It shall be unlawful for the State analyst, while he holds 

 his office, to furnish to any individual, firm or corporation any 

 certificate as to the purity or excellence of any article manufac- 

 tured or sold by them to be used as food or in the preparation of 

 food. 



9. The salary of the commissioner shall be paid from the 

 fund appropriated for the payment of the salaries oi State officers, 

 and his assistants shall be paid out of the State treasury from the 

 same fund and in the same manner as the salaries of other em- 

 ployes of the State are paid, and their official expenses shall be 

 paid at the end of each calendar month upon bills duly itemized 

 and approved by the Governor, and the amount necessary to pay 

 such salaries and expenses is hereby appropriated. 



10. The commissioner may, under the direction of the 

 Governor, fit up a laboratory, with sufficient apparatus for mak- 

 ing analysis contemplated in this act, and for such purpose the 

 sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500), or so much thereof as 

 may be necessary, is hereby appropriated ; and for the purpose 

 of providing materials, and for necessary expenses connected 

 with the making of such analysis, there is also hereby appro- 



